Diaphorocellus

Diaphorocellus is a genus of African palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2]

Diaphorocellus
Diaphorocellus isalo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Palpimanidae
Genus: Diaphorocellus
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
D. biplagiatus
Simon, 1893
Species

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Species

As of March 2020, the genus contains six species, found in Botswana, Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa, and Namibia:[1][3]

  • Diaphorocellus albooculatus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
  • Diaphorocellus biplagiatus Simon, 1893 (type) – South Africa
  • Diaphorocellus helveolus (Simon, 1910) – Botswana
  • Diaphorocellus isalo Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar
  • Diaphorocellus jocquei Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar
  • Diaphorocellus rufus (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1, . doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. hdl:2027/coo.31924018394266. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. Zonstein, Sergei L.; Marusik, Yuri M. (2020). "Two new species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 from Madagascar (Araneae, Palpimanidae)". African Invertebrates. 61 (1): 1–15. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.47048. ISSN 2305-2562.


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